Hávarðr

rex_clavae @ 2008-06-23T21:58:00

2008-06-24T02:11:00Z

Can you see the tempest raging?

And without further adieu...

2008-04-27T01:14:20Z

Tying Jill up.

Where's the beer?!

Saga

2008-04-16T03:13:41Z

Updated Picture.

We are picking her up in a little under two weeks.

rex_clavae @ 2008-04-15T01:24:00

2008-04-15T06:37:23Z

Mental note:

If Valgard ever makes his way out to SC Pennsylvania, make sure he does not have access to firearms.

We've got squirrels. One half-tailed squirrel in particular that likes to taunt the cat. I call him Ratatosk. We bought a huge bag of peanuts for him.

So, on my horn, I am using

as a 'tribal template.' Unfortunatally, my artistic skill is too literal and it seems there are not many depictions of Ratatosk. People give cats too much credit and squirrels not nearly enough.

I've been doing some work on that horn. I'll be drawing up Malice Striker tomorrow. I'll see about getting pictures of that up tomorrow or Wednesday. Shit I am bored out of my head, paperwork for my license is going to drive me up the wall.

Guten Nacht!

Oh, the glare from the draught of the Shining One.

2008-04-14T20:05:20Z

We just pulled a bottle of the Sour Apple/Pear and Pomegranate. On the 23rd, I am going to re-rack everything.

Draught for the Sons of Oðinn

2008-04-07T21:01:43Z

The brewers Kindred.

Over the past two weeks, Baldr's Melomel (Apricot Peach) has cleared drastically. It's incredible considering the batch was brewed on March 23rd, and it is already clear and shining. Ingvar commented that Oðinn's second son had his hand in it. Midsummer, perhaps Alþing 29, that will be offered up to the wisest and fairest of the Æsir.

Some time ago, Karon gifted me with wild blueberry honey that she picked up in Maine. As I type this, the draught for the Skullsplitter "Bruised and Bloody," a black/blue/raspberry melomel is cooling in the kitchen. I find it appropriate that the brew took the colour of blood. This melomel was brewed for the northeastern tribe at Jòl this year using the aforementioned honey.

The gas bill is going to be something else this month. Ingvar brewed a vanilla/cinnamon mead that smelled incredible. those five gallons should be wonderful in a few years. Brandi also brewed herself a batch of Blackberry/raspberry fermenting away in the closet.

As I expected... we are running out of closet space.

Hail the Tribe!
Hail Blood Eagle Kindred!
Hail Þórr!
Hail the Shining One!

~Richard

rex_clavae @ 2008-01-28T15:12:00

2008-01-28T20:16:34Z

Murphy's law.

rex_clavae @ 2007-10-12T14:24:00

2007-10-12T18:30:02Z

By the time I bottle the mead from last night, I am probably going to have somewhere around 50 gallons of mead cooked up and fermenting... I want to brew more. We will be brewing Brandi's tonight and putting it in one of the 5 gallon carboys. Saturday I am going to brew another two gallons, and next week I am going to brew some beer.

There is a home-brewers 'emporium' not far from my place. Going to have to check that out.

rex_clavae @ 2007-10-12T14:06:00

2007-10-12T18:06:52Z

I missed something...

Grímnismál

2007-10-06T16:25:24Z

One day, Othin and Frigg were sitting in Hlithskjalf (4) and were looking out upon all the worlds. Then said Othin: "Dost thou see Agnar, thy foster son, how he begets children with an ogress in a cave? But Geirroeth, my foster son, is king in the land." Frigg answered: "He is so grudging about his food(5) that he lets his guests die of hunger when he thinks too many have come." Othin said that this was a gross lie, and so they laid a wager about this matter. Frigg sent her chambermaid Fulla to Geirroeth to tell him to beware lest he be bewitched by a warlock who was then come into the land. She told him that the warlock could be recognized by this, that no dog was so fierce as to rush at him. But it was evil slander, to say that King Geirroeth was not generous about his food. Yet he had that man taken captive whom his dogs would not set on. He was clad in a blue cloak and gave his name as Grimnir,(6) and said no more about himself though he was asked. The king tortured him to make him speak, by setting him be- tween two fires; and there he sate for eight nights. Geirroeth had a son ten years old, who was named Agnar after his brother. Agnar went up to Grimnir and gave him a full horn to drink from and said that the king did ill to torture one who had done no wrong. Grimnir emptied it. By that time the fire had come so near him that his cloak began to burn.

He said:

1. Hot art thou, blaze, and too high, withal!
Get, fire, thee farther away!
My frieze coat is singed though I flung it aloft,
flares up the fur in the flames.

2. Eight nights famished 'twixt the fires I sate,
nor did anyone fetch me food,
but Agnar only who after shall rule,
Geirroeth's son, o'er the Goths.(7)

3. All hail to thee, for happiness
is given thee, Agnar, by Othin.
Better guerdon shalt never get
for one beaker of beer.

4. The land is holy which lies yonder,
near to Aesir and alfs;
in Thruthheim,(8) there shall Thor ay dwell,
till draws nigh the doom of the gods.

5. On Ydal's(9) plains Ull hath reared him
his hall timbered on high.
For Frey's(10) tooth-fee was fashioned of yore
Alf-Home, as gift by the gods.

6. A third hall still, all thatched with silver,
was built by the blessed gods:
in Valaskjalf (11) hall did house himself
Othin in olden days.

7. Sokkvabekk(12) called is the fourth, which cool waters
ripple round about;
there Othin and Saga(13) all their days drink,
glad from golden cups.

8. Gladhome is hight the fifth where golden shimm'ring
Valholl(14) is widely spread out;
here Othin chooses every day
weapon-slain warriors.

9. Easily known to Ygg's chosen
are the heavenly halls:
the rafters, spearshafts; the roofs, shield-shingled;
and the benches strewn with byrnies.

10. Easily known to Ygg's chosen
are the heavenly halls:
a wolf hangeth o'er the western gate,
and hovers an eagle on high.(15)

11. Thrymheim(16) is hight the sixth, where Thjatsi dwelled,
the etin of awful might;
Njorth's bride there her bower hath,
Skathi,(17) where her father before.

12. Breithablik(18) the seventh; there Baldr the good
hath reared him his bright abode:
in that land it lies where least I know
falsehood and faithlessness.

13. Himinbjorg(19) the eighth; there Heimdall, they say,
guards the holy hall;
there the gods' warder in goodly stead
the mead drinks, glad in mind.

14. Folkvang(20) the ninth, where Freya(21) chooses
who seats shall have in her hall:
half of the slain are hers each day,
and half are Othin's own.

15. Glitnir(22) the tenth, which with gold is propped,
and is shingled with shining silver;
there Forseti(23) unflagging sits,
the god that stills all strife.

16. Noatun(24) the eleventh, where Njorth hath him
reared his bright abode;
the sinless god his seat there has
and rules in high-timbered hall.

17. Greenwoods grow, and grasses tall,
in Vithi,(25) Vithar's land:
from horseback leaps the hero, eager
to avenge his father's fall.

18. By Andhrimnir(26) in Eldhrimnir(27)
Saehrimnir,(28) the boar, is boiled,
the best of bacons; though 'tis barely known
what the einherjar(29) eat.

19. Valfather feeds Freki and Geri(30)
on the flesh of the fallen;
but weapon-glad Othin on wine only
lives forever and ay.

20. The whole earth over, every day,
hover Hugin and Munin;(31)
I dread lest Hugin droop in his flight,
yet I fear me still more for Munin.

21. Thund(32) roars loudly; sports Thjothvitnir's
fish(33) in the foaming Rood;
the strong stream seems too stiff to wade
for warriors to Valholl bent.

22. Valgrind(34) is the gate that wards the gods,
holy, nigh holy doors;
old is that wicket, nor wot many
with what bolt that gate is barred.

23. Five hundred rooms and forty withal
I ween that in Bilskirnir(35) be;
of all the halls which on high are reared
the greatest I see is my son's.

24. Five hundred doors and forty withal
I ween that in Valholl be:
eight hundred warriors through one door hie them
when they fare forth to fight the Wolf.(36)

25. Heithrun, the goat on the hall that stands,
eateth off wrath's(37) limbs;
the crocks she fills with clearest mead,
will that drink not e'er be drained.

26. Eikthyrnir,(38) the hart on the hall that stands,
eateth off wrath's limbs;
drops from his horns in Hvergelmi(39) fall,
thence wend all the waters their way.

27.(40)[ Sith and Vith, Soekin and Eikin,
Svol and Gunnthro, Fjorm and Fimbulthul,
Rin and Rinnandi,
Gipul and Gopul, Gomul and Geirvimul,
they flow by the garth of the gods;
Thyn and Vin, Tholl and Holl,
Grath and Gunnthorin.

28. Vina is hight one, Vegsvinn the other,
the third, Thjothnuma;
Nyt and Not, Nonn and Hronn,
Slith and Hrith, Sylg and Ylg,
Vil and Van, Vond and Strond,
Gjoll and Leiptr, flow in the land of men,
but hence flow to Hel.]

29. Kormt and Ormt and the Kerlaugs twain,
Thor does wade through
every day, to doom when he fares
'neath the ash Yggdrasil;
for the bridge of the gods(41) is ablaze with flames --
hot are the holy waters.

30.(42)[Glath and Gyllir, Gler and Skeithbrimir,
Silfrintopp and Sinir,
Gisl and Falhofnir, Golltopp and Lettfeti --
these steeds ride heavenly hosts
every day, to the doom when they fare
'neath the ash Yggdrasil.]

31. Three roots do spread in threefold ways
beneath the ash Yggdrasil:
dwell etins 'neath one, 'neath the other, Hel,
'neath the third; Mithgarth's(43) men.

32.(44)(An eagle sitteth on Yggdrasil's limbs,
whose keen eyes widely ken;
'twixt his eyes a fallow falcon is perched,
hight Vethrfolnir, and watcheth. )

33. Ratatosk(45) the squirrel is hight which runneth ay
about the ash Yggdrasil:
the warning words of the watchful eagle
he bears to Nithhogg(46) beneath.

34.(47)[Four harts also the highest shoots(48)
ay gnaw from beneath:
Dain and Dvalin,(49) Duneyr and Dyrathror.]

35. [More worms do lie the world-tree beneath
than unwise apes may ween:
Goin and Moin, which are Grafvitnir's sons,
Grabak and Grafvolluth;
Ofnir and Svafnir(50) ay, I fear me,
on that tree's twigs will batten.]

36. The ash Yggdrasil doth ill abide,
more than to men is known:
the hart browsing above, its bole rotting,
and Nithhogg gnawing beneath.

37. Hrist and Mist the horn shall bear me,
Skeggjold and Skogul;
but Hild and Thruth, Hlokk and Herfjotur,
Goll and Geironul,
Randgrith and Rathgrith and Reginleif,(51)
to the einherjar ale shall bear.

38. Arvakr and Alsvith,(52) they up shall draw
the sun's wain wearily;
but under their bellies the blessed gods
have hidden the "icy irons."(53)

39. Svalin(54) is hight, the Sun before,
a shield from the shining god.
Would smoke and smolder both sea and land,
if from him it ever should fall.

40. Skoll the wolf, in the sky dogs him
to the warding woods;(55)
but Hati(56) the other, Hrothvitnir's son,
follows the fair orb too.

41. Of Ymir's(57) flesh the earth was shaped,
of his blood, the briny sea,
of his hair, the trees, the hills of his bones,
out of his skull the sky.

42. But of his lashes the loving gods made
Mithgarth for sons of men;
from his brow they made the menacing clouds
which in the heavens hover.

43. Will Ull(58) befriend him, and all the gods,
who erst the fire clenches;
for open lie to the Aesir all worlds,
when kettles are heaved from the hearth.(59)

44. [In earliest times Ivaldi's sons(60)
Skithblathnir, the ship, did shape,
the best of boats, for beaming Frey,
the noble son of Njorth.]

45. [The ash Yggdrasil is of all trees best;
Skithblathnir, the best of boats;
of holy gods, Othin; of horses, Sleipnir;(61)
of bridges, Bifrost;(62) of skalds, Bragi;(63)
of hawks, Habrok;(64) of hounds all, Garm.](65)

46. Now my looks have I lifted aloft to the gods:(66)
help will come from on high,
from all the Aesir which in shall come
on Aegir's benches,
at Aegir's feast.(67)

47. Grim(68) is my name, and Gangleri,(69)
Herjan(70) and Hjalmberi,(71)
Thekk(72) and Thrithi,(73) Thuth and Uth,
Helblindi and Har.(74)

48. Sath(75) and Svipal(76) and Sanngetal,(77)
Herteit(78) and Hnikar,(79)
Bileyg,(80) Baleyg,(81) Bolverk,(82) Fjolnir,(83)
Grim and Grimnir, Glapsvith, Fjolsvith,

49. Sithhott,(84) Sithskegg,(85) Sigfather,(86) Hnikuth,(87)
Alfather,(88) Valfather,(89) Atrith,(90) Farmatyr:(91)
by one name was I not welcomed ever,
since among folk I fared.

50. Grimnir my name in Geirroeth's hall,
but Jalk in Asmund's.(92)
Was I Kjalar hight when the hand sled I drew,
but Thror(93) at Things,
Vithur in wars,
Oski and Omi, Jafnhar, Biflindi,
Gondlir(94) and Harbarth(95) among gods.

51. Svithur and Svithrir(96) at Sokkmimir's was I,
when the old etin I hid,
and when Mithvitnir's, the mighty one's,
son I slew alone.

52. Thou art muddled, Geirroeth! Too much thou hast drunk;
of much art robbed since rashly thou losest
Othin's and the einherjars' favor.

53. Full long I spake, but little thou mindest:
faithless friends(97) betray thee:
before me I see my foster son's sword,
its blade all dripping with blood.

54. A death-doomed man will soon drink with Ygg:(98)
not long the life left thee.
The norns wish thee ill: now Othin mayst see;
come thou near if thou canst.

King Geirroeth was sitting with his sword on his knees half unsheathed. But when he heard that it was Othin who had come to him, he arose and wanted to take him from between the fires. His sword slid from his hands with its hilt downward. The king stumbled and fell forward, the sword pierced him, and so he lost his life. Then Othin vanished; but Agnar was king in that land for a long time.

Notes

4 "Hall of Gates" or "Gate-Tower," Othin's seat in Valholl. "When' he seats himself in the high-seat he can see all the world and the doings of every man" ("Gylfaginning," Chap.
8).
5 A cardinal sin in a king, according to Old Norse conceptions.
6 "The Masked One," Othin. He is frequently pictured as concealing his countenance by a wide cowl.
7 Here, as frequently, used in a general and honorific sense for "warriors."
8 "Land of Strength."
9 "Yew Dales." Ull, "Glorious," is the god of archery. His weapon, the longbow, was made out of the yew. He is, possibly, a hypostasis of Othin, or of Tyr, the god of war.
10 "Lord." He is the god of fertility and prosperity. Like Njorth (see "Vafprudnismal," Sts.
38-39), his father, he is said to be of Van origin. The "tooth-fee" is a gift to an infant when he cuts his first tooth.
11 "Hall of Slain Warriors" (?), the first of Othin's three halls.
12 "Sunken Hall" (?). Compare with Fensalir in "Voluspa," St. 33.
13 "Seeress," Frigg. The name is etymologically connected, but not identical, with the Norse word for "history," "story."
14 "Hall of Slain Warriors." See Valaskjalf, in St. 6 above, and, "Vafprudnismal," Sts. 40- 41.
15 Wolf and eagle, as scavengers of the battlefield, are symbolic of Othin's warlike activities. Their carved images adorn the gable ends of his hall.
16 "Noise-Home."
17 "Scathe." She is Thjatsi's daughter and Njorth's wife. See also "Harbarzljod," St. 19, and "Lokasenna," St. 50.
18 "The Far-Shining"; properly the seat of Baldr, the god of innocence, justice, and light.
19 "Heavenly Mountains." Concerning Heimdall, see "Voluspa," St. 1, note.
20 "Battlefield."
21 "Mistress," "Queen" (feminine of Frey), the goddess of love. She is the daughter of Njorth and the sister of Frey.
22 "Shining."
23 "The Presiding One," son of Baldr and Nanna.
24 "Shipstead," "harbor."
25 "Wide land" (? ). As to Vithar, see "Voluspa," St. 53.
26 "Sooty in the Face," the cook of Valholl.
27 "Sooty from the Fire," the kettle.
28 "Sooty Black" (?).
29 See "Vafprudnismal," St. 41.
30 Both names signify "the Greedy One." They are Othin's two wolves.
31 "Thought" and "Remembrance," Othin's ravens which bring him intelligence.
32 "The Noisy" (?), a river probably thought to flow around Valholl.
33 "The Great Wolf," Fenrir; his "fish," is possibly the Mithgarth Serpent. But the whole stanza presents great difficulty.
34 "The Gate of the Battle-Slain."
35 Of uncertain meaning. It is the hall of Thor, who is a son of Othin.
36 Fenrir. See "Lokasenna," Note 24, and "Voluspa," St. 52.
37 Laerath seems to be identical with the tree Yggdrasil, which suffers still other harm. See Sts. 26 and 33 ff.
38 "Oak Antlers" (?).
39 A well at the foot of Yggdrasil.
40 The following catalog of rivers is plainly interpolated. Their names refer, some to swiftness, others to coldness and depth. For Leiptr, see "Helgakvida Hundingsbana" II, St. 30.
41 Bifrost, "The Quaking Bridge" (see St. 45). The bearing of the passage is not clear.
42 The catalog of steeds likewise is interpolated. Their names refer to speed, bright appearance, and similar qualities.
43 "Middle World" or "The Enclosure."
44 This stanza is lacking in the original. We are able to reconstruct it from Snorri's close paraphrase ("Gylfaginning," Chap. 15). The eagle and the falcon possibly symbolize the watchfulness of the gods.
45 "Rat Tusk."
46 See "Voluspa," Note 46. The dragon is here conceived as gnawing the roots of Yggdrasil. See St. 36.
47 The following two stanzas are very likely interpolations.
48 Conjecturally.
49 These are, rather, dwarf names.
50 Several of these names have reference to the burrowing activities of worms and snakes.
The last two are names of Othin; see St. 55 and note.
51 The names of the valkyries indicate their warlike activities, like those of "Voluspa," St. 30.
52 "Early-Awake" and "Very Swift," the sun horses. See "Vafprudnismil," St. 12, and "Sigrdrifumal," St. 17.
53 Snorri, in his "Gylfaginning," Chap. 10, has the following prosy explanation of these: "Under their shoulders the gods placed two bellows to cool them, and in some lays these are called 'icy irons' " (?).
54 "Cooling."
55 This passage, as well as the following, is of doubtful meaning.
56 "Hater," the son of Hrothvitnir, "the Famous Wolf," that is, Fenrir (who according to "Vafprudnismal," St. 46-47, himself swallows the sun).
57 See "Vafprudnismal," St. 21.
58 See St. 5 and note.
59 The words of the second part of the stanza seem clear, but their meaning has so far resisted convincing explanation.
60 According to "Gylfaginning," Chap. 42, they are skilful dwarfs who make a present of the ship Skithblathnir, "the Thin-Planked," to Frey. "It is so large that all the gods may find room in it with all their equipment." Also', it has a favorable breeze whenever its sail is raised, and can sail both on sea and over land. It may be laid together like a cloth and put in one's pocket. Stanzas 44 and 45 are evidently interpolated.
61 "The Runner," Othin's horse. It has eight feet. According to the story in "Gylfaginning," Chap. 41, it was begotten on Loki by the stallion of the giant who built the wall around Asgarth. See "Voluspa," St. 25 and Note 24, and "Voluspa hin skamma," St. 12.
62 See St. 29, note.
63 The god of poetry and eloquence. Bragr signifies "poetry." It is uncertain whether Bragi Boddason (ninth century), the first skald whose name and verses have come down to us, was the prototype of the god.
64 "High-Leg." 65 See "Voluspa," St. 43.
66 The translation here offered is somewhat of a guess, no interpretation being altogether acceptable.
67 As in the "Hymiskvida," St. 1.
68 Grim is short for Grimnir (see the Prose above). A number of the following names cannot be satisfactorily explained.
69 "The Way-Weary." 70 "War God" (?).
71 "Helm-Bearer." 72 "The Welcome One."
73 "The Third," (with Har, below, and Jafnhar in St. 50). This trinity seems to betray Christian influence.
74 "One-Eyed"; but, as evidenced by Jafnhar, "Equally High" (St. 50), the name was at an early time confused with the homonymous word meaning "high."
75 "The Truthful." 76 "The Changeable." 77 "Truthfinder."
78 "Glad in Battle." 79 "[Spear-] Thruster." 80 "One-Eyed."
81 "Fiery-Eyed." 82 "Bale-Worker." 83 "The Concealer."
84 "Long-Hood." 85 "Long-Beard." 86 "Victory Father."
87 "[Spear-]Thruster." 88 "Father of All."
89 "Father of the Battle-Slain." 90 "Attacker by Horse" (?).
91 "Lord of Boatloads." This epithet shows Othin in his role (historically earlier) as god
of the merchants. Compare with Mercury-Hermes with whom he shares other important characteristics.
92 None of the several adventures of Othin here alluded to are known.
93 "Inciter to Strife" (?). See "Harbarzljod," St. 24 and Note 18.
94 "Bearer of the [Magic] Wand." 95 "Graybeard."
96 Both epithets signify "the Wise."
97 Probably Frigg and her minion who, we are to understand, had made Geirrroeth go counter to Othin's instruction, given him the time he was fostered by the god, to be hospitable to guests.
98 That is, in Othin's (Ygg's) hall.

Hollander Trans.

I like to leave out that last stanza. The Lay ends better that way.

rex_clavae @ 2007-10-06T09:22:00

2007-10-06T13:23:04Z

To wired to sleep... too tired to write or read... Third shift is the suck.

2007-08-28T14:52:47Z

Fun fun.

List a lyric from the first twenty-five songs in your randomized playlist and invite people to guess the song title and artist. Guess in the comments, and if you're right, I will cross off the song and put your name next to it. Googling answers is for douchebagganos.

1) Our children are leaving and we have no heads / We drink and we sing and we drink and we die.

2) Descent the path of fear / No birds in death trees / Where the mistress of life / Redeem me from my sin / Blessed by their beauty / Mysterious sign / Candles flickers through the hell / Wolves howl by her side

3) Temperamental editors / Searching for the passion / Overpaid and over-rated / Looking for a cash in / It's too late

4) It was a night / Hell of a night, L.A., it really was / Oh what a riot / I said yeah, come on / It makes my life feel real / Fear police and civil corruption oh yeah / Is there a man who would be king / And the world stood still / Ah yeah loud
You can rock this land baby / Yeahhh

5) Just think of all the things we did / We were different, just like all the other kids

6) Why can't you just see / Open your fucking eyes / Why do you have to hear it from me? / It's right in your face it's right before you / Why can't you just see? / Why are you fucking blind? / Why do you have to hear it? / That's right decide or feel the weight of mine! / Hit parade!

7) Kan du mer enn ditt Fader Vår / Kaster du ingen skygge / Ja, da har du lovet bort din sjel / og vil til bestandighet / Ha en med prillahorn / Som ser på deg fra skyggen
(HAH! No one is getting that)

8) Sing once again with me / Our strange duet / My power over you / Grows stronger yet
(There is no way to make that not-easy)

9) On an acid trail for an acid world / Walls of old religions' fools and superstitious men / Throws some scary Tarot cards and...
Here come the riders

10) For when the great clouds fills the air / And the thunder roars from o, so far away up in the sky / Then for sure you will know that I have reached the joyous hall up high
With my bloodbrothers at side / All sons of father with one eye / We were all born in the land of the blood on ice

11) Oh no, here it is again / I need to know / why did I choose to betray you

12) Too many times we stand aside / And let the waters slip away / 'Til what we put off 'til tomorrow / Has now become today
So don't you sit upon the shoreline / And say you're satisfied / Choose to chance the rapids / And dare to dance that tide

13) [Miller] I just wanna make enough so I can open up a shop of my own and go on with my family trade.
[Bell] Well there, that's great. What is it you do?
[Miller] I'm a butcher.
[Noon] You're a butcher?!
[Miller] Yeah.

14) Fighting a war that rages inside / The world can't see the hate that burns in there / How can we face what lies beneath, / If we just fear and don't fight back?

15) [Man:]
Our evolving existence
Is the wording of our endless strife
[Matter:]
*silence*
[Man:]
I'm built by you, but you live only through me
A paradox that I still escape
[Matter:]
*silence*

16) I could stare for a thousand years / Penetrate your deepest fears / Leave you cold with a faceless embrace / Then disappear without a trace

17) Hatred was a man out to seek / Vengeance for the death of his father / For he is the one bears the mark / Of the great warrior king and / No one can stop him

18) De zon verliest nu steeds meer kracht / Zal onze stam de lente weer zien / Nachten verlengen ten koste van dag / Reuzen teisteren het mensendomein
(Appropriate enough given the current date)

19) You better find out which road your on / You can¹t change who you are by the colors you put on

20) Let my body's pyre fill the skies / Take my mark and let it lead you to my hall / Taste the blood in your mouth as you close the eyes / "I shall burn forever" echos in your mind

21) Mechanized high tech / Whole sale death in effect / Mutually assured / Destruction will occur / Genocide revised

22) A fashion plate in a way, she really was / She had style and class / understand she'll pay to dance / She moved my soul, don't you know she's here to please / Well I'm on my knees, can't you see, move in on me

23) While down below the trees / Bathed in cool breeze / Silver starlight / breaks down the night / And so we pass on by the crimson eye / Of great God mars / As we travel the universe

24) Leere Menge ohne Elemente / Alle Elemente / Aber / Alle Elemente in Aufruhr bringen / Einen Besen zerhacken / Feuer anfachen / Mælstrøm in diesem Zimmer

25) Feel the blood spill from your mouth / With rotting ways comes destiny / Feel the soul taking over, BLEED!!!

rex_clavae @ 2007-07-24T00:30:00

2007-07-24T04:52:31Z

Once you convince yourself
The universe falls into place
You've got your ideas
And your posse of friends
You all make up rules
And the fun never ends
But still there's a problem that leaves you gasping for air
You look for some meaning, blank smiles are all that's there
And still water stales a soft summer breeze
You cling to your hopes while your drop to your knees
There's no substance
~Bad Religion~

An inflated consciousness is always egocentric and conscious of nothing but its own existence. It is incapable of learning from the past, incapable of understanding contemporary events, and incapable of drawing right conclusions about the future. It is hypnotized by itself and therefore cannot be argued with. It inevitably dooms itself to calamities that must strike it dead.
~Carl Jung~

rex_clavae @ 2007-02-05T13:30:00

2007-02-05T18:30:47Z

She

rex_clavae @ 2006-12-11T07:13:00

2006-12-11T11:13:53Z

I don't know if you can see
The changes that have come over me
In these last few days I've been afraid
That I might drift away
So I've been telling old stories, singing songs
That make me think about where I came from
And that's the reason why I seem
So far away today

Oh, but let me tell you that I love you
That I think about you all the time
Caledonia you're calling me
And now I'm going home
If I should become a stranger
You know that it would make me more than sad
Caledonia's been everything
I've ever had

Now I have moved and I've kept on moving
Proved the points that I needed proving
Lost the friends that I needed losing
Found others on the way
I have kissed the ladies and left them crying
Stolen dreams, yes there's no denying
I have traveled hard with coattails flying
Somewhere in the wind

(Chorus)
Now I'm sitting here before the fire
The empty room, the forest choir
The flames that could not get any higher
They've withered now they've gone
But I'm steady thinking my way is clear
And I know what I will do tomorrow
When the hands are shaken and the kisses flow
Then I will disappear

rex_clavae @ 2006-08-09T03:00:00

2006-08-09T07:01:27Z

"Springing from the roots of small local events, Valhallapalooza is the outgrowth of years of planning and the hard work of a small group of individuals. It is their desire and challenge to bring forth elements of Northern European culture beyond the image of the Viking warrior to the public, in order to display the richness and variety of the elements which play a part in our history. What better place for this to occur than here in Rhode Island, where the subtle balance of many races and cultures is blended into a free and independent people who still retain the pride of deep connections to their ancestral heritage."

Valhallapalooza is a northern European Cultural festival, featuring musical guests such as Calley McGrane and the Exiles, and Jenna Greene. In addition, workshops and demonstrations will be given on such topics as Mead Making, The Sacred Hunt, "What is Wotans Rune Row?" and The Restless Dead in Icelandic Literature.

More information can be found by following any of the linked images above. I have made a MySpace group to keep everyone apprised of updates as they become available.

Valhallapalooza is taking place on September 23rd of 2006 from 12:00 to 6:00 PM at Riverside Sportsmans Association, Mohawk Dr. off Rte 114 N (Wampanoag Trail), East Providence, RI.

Hail the Northern Folk!

rex_clavae @ 2006-03-29T11:44:00

2006-03-29T16:46:50Z

I saw a film today, Oh boy...
-The Beatles

http://www.al.com/entertainment/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/entertainment/1143368175109170.xml&coll=2

Dark Kingdom. Very nearly the worst movie I have ever seen... Rivaling War of the Worlds.

rex_clavae @ 2006-02-13T18:12:00

2006-02-13T23:12:50Z

Here, I am sitting at my computer... and I am comfortable for once.

rex_clavae @ 2005-11-23T05:16:00

2005-11-23T10:16:53Z

I have a purple pillow...

Rúnatal

2005-10-03T01:00:07Z

138.
Veit ek, at ek hekk vindgameiði á
nætr allar níu,
geiri undaðr ok gefinn Óðni,
sjalfur sjalfum mér,
á þeim meiði er manngi veit
hvers af rótum renn.

139.
Við hleifi mik sældu né við hornigi,
nýsta ek niðr,
nam ek upp rúnar, æpandi nam,
fell ek aftr þaðan.

140.
Fimbulljóð níu nam ek af inum frægja syni
Bölþorns, Bestlu föður,
ok ek drykk of gat ins dýra mjaðar,
ausin Óðreri.

141.
Þá nam ek frævask ok fróðr vera
ok vaxa ok vel hafask,
orð mér af orði orðs leitaði,
verk mér af verki verks leitaði.

142.
Rúnar munt þú finna ok ráðna stafi,
mjök stóra stafi,
mjök stinna stafi,
er fáði fimbulþulr
ok gerðu ginnregin
ok reist Hroftr rögna.

143.
Óðinn með ásum, en fyr alfum Dáinn,
Dvalinn ok dvergum fyrir,
Ásviðr jötnum fyrir,
ek reist sjalfr sumar.

144.
Veistu hvé rísta skal? Veistu hvé ráða skal?
Veistu hvé fáa skal? Veistu hvé freista skal?
Veistu hvé biðja skal? Veistu hvé blóta skal?
Veistu hvé senda skal? Veistu hvé sóa skal? -

145.
Betra er óbeðit en sé ofblótit,
ey sér til gildis gjöf;
betra er ósent en sé ofsóit.
Svá Þundr um reist fyr þjóða rök,
þar hann upp um reis, er hann aftr of kom.

146.
Ljóð ek þau kann er kannat þjóðans kona
ok mannskis mögr.
Hjalp heitir eitt, en þat þér hjalpa mun
við sökum ok sorgum ok sútum görvöllum.

147.
Þat kann ek annat er þurfu ýta synir,
þeir er vilja læknar lifa.

148.
Það kann ek þriðja: ef mér verðr þörf mikil
hafts við mína heiftmögu,
eggjar ek deyfi minna andskota,
bítat þeim vápn né velir.

149.
Þat kann ek it fjórða: ef mér fyrðar bera
bönd að boglimum,
svá ek gel, at ek ganga má,
sprettr mér af fótum fjöturr,
en af höndum haft.

150.
Þat kann ek it fimmta: ef ek sé af fári skotinn
flein í folki vaða,
fýgra hann svá stinnt at ek stöðvigak,
ef ek hann sjónum of sék.

151.
Þat kann ek it sétta: ef mik særir þegn
á vrótum hrás viðar,
ok þann hal er mik heifta kveðr,
þann eta mein heldr en mik.

152.
Þat kann ek it sjaunda: ef ek sé hávan loga
sal um sessmögum,
brennrat svá breitt, at ek hánum bjargigak;
þann kann ek galdr at gala.

153.
Þat kann ek it átta, er öllum er
ytsamligt at nema:
hvars hatr vex eð hildings sonum
at má ek bæta brátt.

154.
Þat kann ek it níunda: f mik nauðr um stendr
t bjarga fari mínu á floti,
vind ek kyrri ági á
k svæfik allan sæ.

155.
Þat kann ek it tíunda: f ek sé túnriður
eika lofti á,
ek svá vinnk t þær villar fara
inna heimhama,
inna heimhuga.

156.
Þat kann ek it ellifta: ef ek skal til orrustu
leiða langvini,
und randir ek gel, en þeir með ríki fara
heilir hildar til,
heilir hildi frá,
koma þeir heilir hvaðan.

157.
Þat kann ek it tolfta: ef ek sé á tré uppi
váfa virgilná,
svá ek ríst ok í rúnum fák
at sá gengr gumi
ok mælir við mik.

158.
Þat kann ek it þrettánda: ef ek skal þegn ungan
verpa vatni á,
munat hann falla, þótt hann í folk komi:
hnígra sá halr fyr hjörum.

159.

Þat kann ek it fjögurtánda: ef ek skal fyrða liði
telja tíva fyrir,
ása ok alfa ek kann allra skil;
fár kann ósnotr svá.

160.
Þat kann ek it fimmtánda er gól Þjóðrerir
dvergr fyr Dellings durum:
afl gól hann ásum, en alfum frama,
hyggju Hroftatý.

161.
Þat kann ek it sextánda: ef ek vil ins svinna mans
hafa geð allt ok gaman,
hugi ek hverfi hvítarmri konu
ok sný ek hennar öllum sefa.

162.
Þat kann ek it sjautjánda at mik mun seint firrask
it manunga man.
Ljóða þessa mun þú, Loddfáfnir,
lengi vanr vera;
þó sé þér góð, ef þú getr,
nýt ef þú nemr,
þörf ef þú þiggr.

163.
Þat kann ek it átjánda, er ek æva kennik
mey né manns konu,
- allt er betra er einn um kann;
þat fylgir ljóða lokum, -
nema þeiri einnier mik armi verr
eða mín systir sé.

164.
Nú eru Háva mál kveðin Háva höllu í,
allþörf ýta sonum,
óþörf jötna sonum.
Heill sá, er kvað, heill sá, er kann,
njóti sá, er nam,
heilir, þeirs hlýddu.

Such a great song.

2005-09-08T11:42:43Z

Revealed are the legends coronal
In a fiery illusion
An esoteric festival
The logical is trapped in confusion

Unmasked are theorems of invocation
Consigned to the thirsty soul
Parallel dimension's fragmentation
With a stronghold in a black hole

Where phantoms channel the connection
In a metaphysical drama
Like Maxwell's demon if taught to perfection
My eyes, the soul's panorama

At childhood I felt a concealed motion
(wisdom through the mother's milk)
Waves in the interstellar ocean,
Shapes under veils of silk

Still they let me feel their presence
The archetype around me, inside me
In every atom and second their essence
As well as in the vibration frequency of the open sea

Rainbows in colours never seen
In symbioses with Nordic light that flashes in green

In rapids of blood glorious
And in the reckless fire victorious
I can trace their mark

rex_clavae @ 2005-08-10T20:59:00

2005-08-11T01:04:07Z

Highest of Immortals bright,
God of gods by lofty might,
He, before whose prowess high
Tremble earth and upper sky,
He is - mortals, hear my verse -
Indra, Lord of Universe!

He, who quelled the cloud-fiend's might,
Rolled the great great rivers bright,
Pierced the caverns of the gloom,
Conquered bright kine from its womb,
Lit the lightning's fire of old:
He is Indra, warrior bold!

His the kine and steeds of war,
Village home and battle-car;
His right arm uplifts the Sun,
Opes the ruddy gates of dawn;
His red bolt the dark cloud rends,
Grateful showers for mortals sends!

Hosts advancing to the fray
Cry to him on battle's day;
And the strong man shouts his fame,
And the lowly lisps his name;
Warrior chief on battle car
Prays to Indra, God of War!

Earth and sky confess his sway,
Trembling hills obeisance pay;
Wielder of the bolt of heaven,
Be to him libations given.

Mighty Indra, strong and true,
Hymns to thee and gifts are due,
And our priests libations pour
For thy blessings' endless store.

rex_clavae @ 2005-07-20T06:47:00

2005-07-20T10:50:02Z

I now redirect you to this: http://www.livejournal.com/users/rex_clavae/18252.html

Now, nearly a year later, my sleep schedule has been completely fucked over because the DA seems to think this nithing is a threat. Time to hit Salem District Court...

I may as well do this now, otherwhise I never will.

2005-06-20T13:41:07Z

So I finally fall asleep at about 11:45 am yesterday, thinking I'd be able to sleep right on until work. Come 12:30 PM, I am awoken by this:

Looks half rabbid doesnt it? It is such a beutiful dog.

I love huskies, they look so much like wolves, especially when they have eyes like this:

then there's my cat, Pit:

Funny how the tame dog looks rabbid and the feral cat looks tame. Yea, that cat was full blown feral, I was the only person who could touch it, adds a bit to the nick name the cat ladies gave me, I guess I am a bit of a "Kittie Whisperer." Unfortunately however, due to it's inability to stop pissing EVERYWHERE, we couldnt keep it, and if we set it lose in the neighborhood, all the animals in the neighborhood would be beaten and mutilated by morning. Pit had to be put down.

*Best trick ever played*

I'm holding the cat, Paul stands a few feet away. I had to run down stairs, so I hand paul the cat and say, "Hold that" the cat proceads to flip out and claw the shit out of him. Ahh, good times, good times.

That's about it.

MOTHER FUCKER!!!

2005-06-13T20:34:03Z

Boston fucking SUCKS!

"Hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, but there are two items that
need to be made public, which we have just been informed of (or we'd
have announced it much sooner).

~Number one: Toronto will be the last date of the Gigantour that
SymX will be playing; they will not appear at the Seattle date, or
any others that may be scheduled after September 3.

~Number two: We've just been informed that there will not be any
second stage bands appearing at the San Diego or Boston dates, due
to space and/or curfew issues. Therefore, Symphony X won't be
appearing at those dates either.

Our apologies to those who'll be affected by these items; we have no
control over these issues, and have done our best to inform you as
soon as we got the info ourselves.

Jax"

What a waste of money this show is becomming.